Re: Stopwatch Accuracy for FAI Free Flight World Records

From: Edmund Liem <edmundliem_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 19:39:13 -0700

Thanks Leo.
Do they have a sample of models of stopwatches that are complying?
Thanks,
Edmund

*Edmund Liem*
tmj-sleep.ca
aacpcanada.org





On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 7:00 PM, leop_at_lyradev.com [Indoor_Construction] <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> The 2018 FAI rules for records required that the stopwatches used be
> calibrated to an accuracy of better than one part per million (10^6) or
> about one second in 300 hours. This is a standard which is very difficult
> to obtain with affordable and commercially available stopwatches. The FAI
> CIAM Plenary voted in April to amend this section to allow for a one part
> in one hundred thousand (10^5) or about one second per day. There are many
> stopwatches commercially available at reasonable prices that meet this
> standard.
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> Last Tuesday, May 29, 2018, the FAI CIAM published a Technical Notice that
> the new one part in 10^5 accuracy standard would take effect on June 1,
> 2018 (last Friday).
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> LeoP
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Received on Mon Jun 04 2018 - 02:39:57 CEST